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It's gonna be a good summer! In case the New Noise stream wasn't enough Horrible Things for you, you can now watch Everybody Else: The Movie anytime you want. It's pretty tight.

The LP will be out in August, so hang tight (and get your pre-order in if you haven't yet). In other news, check out what Tough Stuff has been doing since 2013's College 7"! They're streaming their upcoming LP on Modern Vinyl now. That album will be out next week on Too Far Gone Records--and if you want to get in the spirit, we still have some 7"s left over. I think there are only a couple green ones left, so pick one up soon if you want the color pressing. You were into them way before they got big, right?

It's today! New Noise Magazine is streaming Everybody Else by Horrible things now! Go check out all the songs from what's gonna be one of the best records of the year, and then you can pre-order the LP on our bandcamp. In case you need more convincing, pre-orders come with an immediate download of the full album. The record will be out in August in a run of 500.

No Shitty Weekenders were harmed in the making of this video, somehow. They'll be playing a bunch of shows around the middle of the country in June for Space Donut Tour 2015, so keep an eye out for that!

Hey, good morning! Great news! We’re getting ready to release an incredible record by Horrible Things from Champaign, IL. Everybody Else will be their first vinyl release—and I think it’s long overdue, since they’ve been one of my favorite pop punk bands since about the first thirty seconds of 2012’s Dumb Days cassette. The LP will be out later this spring in a run of 500; more on that later.

For now, here’s the cover:

And the first song, "A Million Times." Get stoked on that, and the rest of their catalogue on their bandcamp, and have an excellent day.

It's been a while, so I guess you might not know that the Remambran and Penn's Woods tapes came out great (if you somehow only find out about what we're doing through this website and no other informational outlet). See for yourself!

All the Remambran tapes come with unique, multi-layered, hand-assembled covers, and they look awesome. Hard to explain, you've just got to get one--and these are going quickly, so now's a good time if you want one.

Recent histories of the DIY scene in Santa Barbara and Isla Vista, CA, can read like a web of bands, artists, spaces, and late-night donut sprees. Mallory Watje’s disorientingly dreamy songwriting is a radial thread that shoots right through the center, hitting plenty of all-time high points (including Backpack, Mammary, Girl Band, Heavy Flow...). Remambran is the most current incarnation of said thread, and we’re looking forward to releasing their new full-length recording on cassette this fall. Drawing Out weaves shimmery pop with grungy indie rock and other sounds I don't know the names for—the result is something aggressively unsettling, occultish, and beautiful.

Here’s a song called “Median of Yr Street.” Drawing Out will be out on Secret Pennies Records next month in a run of 100 tapes.

Wow, what a summer! First we did a midwest tour, then we moved, then one of us took a trip to New York and the other toured back down to where we just moved from! Things are finally starting to get settled. We've got a couple releases planned, and the one we're talking about now is by Corvallis locals Penn's Woods who are releasing their first tape. "What Good We Do" will be out this fall in a run of 50 tapes, and we’re beyond excited to be working with Mike, Justin, and Wes on this release. Recommended for fans of thoughtful, hyperliterate songwriting (see: the Weakerthans, Restorations) and punk-rooted indie rock (along the lines of Husker Du, Superchunk, Archers of Loaf); featuring members of the Angries, JTT, and Lease—pretty much a cross-section of what makes Corvallis music awesome. Stay tuned, we'll be announcing another release next week! Also, go follow us on tumblr because it's a lot easier than this.

Anyway, check out the song! Oh, and go buy some stuff if you haven't yet! If that's your thing anyway.

Yay! We've been setting up our new house in Corvallis, OR, for the past couple weeks. Lots more room for records. We also have these now:

You can pick one up in clear or black from our store now! It's Alive has the white ones.

And now we're getting started on two new tapes that will be coming out sometime around early fall. They're going to be awesome, and I'm stoked to say more about them when the time is right.

Oh yeah, and speaking of moving... we started a tumblr for Secret Pennies. Facebook is pretty terrible in the "social networking" area for small DIY operations, so we're hoping we can reach a few more people on the internet this way. I don't know who would be reading this that isn't already aware of us on Facebook or tumblr, but you never know, I guess.

Wow! So much has been happening, you guys! We've just finished moving out of Secret Pennies HQ, aka our apartment, and are getting ready to leave on a Midwest/Southwest tour for Hi Ho Silver, Away! tomorrow. Speaking of which...

Would you look at that! Hi Ho Silver, Away!'s debut LP, Chore, is coming out on Secret Pennies and It's Alive... well, as soon as we get the records in the mail. We'll have CDs and a limited run of test presses out on the road this month, and the full run of LPs, which come in a few cool vinyl colors and with beautiful cover artwork by Simon Sotelo, will be out around the end of the month. You can stream the full album at New Noise now.

Any orders from our store between now and the 22nd will be shipped out when we get back. And then we'll be on our way up to our new home in Corvallis, Oregon. And then we'll probably have news about a couple new tapes we're working on. Wow. We'll see you when we get back from tour!